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In the following pages you will find a partial list of the major die varieties of the Lincoln Cent. This list is by no means

exhaustive. I have left out many class 6 and class 9 double dies because they are just too difficult for the novice to identify.

What you will find is a handy list of what years are known to have varieties and the areas to center your attention. To identify

individual varieties, I suggest the following sites:

www.coppercoins.com www.varietyvista.com www.lincolncentresource.com

E.B. 's Lincoln Cent Cheat Sheet

Contents

Teens: 1909-1919 ………………………………………….……. 2

Twenties: 1920-1929 ………….…………….…………………. 3

Thirties: 1930-1939 …………………………………..…………. 4

Forties: 1940-1949 ……………………...………………………. 5

Fifties: 1950-1959 …………………………....…………………. 6

Sixties: 1960-1969 ………………………………….……………. 7

Seventies: 1970-1979……………………….…………………. 8

Eighties: 1980-1989 ……………………………………………. 9

Nineties: 1990-1999………….………………………………. 10

The Aughts: 2000-2009………………………………………. 11

The Twenty Teens: 2010-2019……………………………. 12

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1909 VDB RDV-1 DDO Date / Liberty / Lips

1909 VDB RDV-2 DDO Date

1909-S VDB

1909 RDV-3 DDR E Pluribus

1909 RDV-4 DDR E Pluribus

1909-S RDV-3 RPM

1909-S RDV-4 RPM

1910

1910-S RPM

1911

1911-D RPM

1911-S RPM

1912

1912-D

1912-S RPM

1913

1913-D

1913-S RPM

1914

1914-D

1914-S

1915

1915-D DDO RPM Liberty

1915-S

1916

1916-D

1916-S RPM

1917 DDO All Devices

1917-D

1917-S

1918

1918-D RPM

1918-S

1919

1919-D RPM

1919-S RPM

1909-1919

Bold Italics = Key Date Italics = Semi-Key Date Green = Popular Variety Bold = Rare

RDV-1 = VDB Shallow N RDV-2 = VDB Deep N RDV-3 = Shallow N RDV-4 = Deep N

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1920

1920-D

1920-S

1921

1921-S

1922 PLAIN

1922-D WEAK D

1922-D

1923

1923-S

1924

1924-D

1924-S RPM

1925

1925-D RPM

1925-S RPM

1926 DDO Eyelid

1926-D

1926-S

1927 DDO Liberty

1927-D DDO RPM Eyelid

1927-S

1928 DDO Eyelid

1928-D RPM

1928-S MMS-2

1928-S MMS-3 RPM

1929 DDO Liberty / Motto

1929-D

1929-S RPM

1920-1929

Bold Italics = Key Date Italics = Semi-Key Date Green = Popular Variety Bold = Rare

MMS-2 = Small MMS-3 = Large

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1930

1930-D RPM

1930-S RPM

1931

1931-D RPM

1931-S

1932

1932-D

1933

1933-D RPM

1934

1934-D RPM

1935 DDO Date / Motto

1935-D RPM

1935-S RPM

1936 DDO Date / Motto / All Devices

1936-D DDO RPM Eyelid

1936-S RPM

1937 DDO DDR Eyelid / Date / Motto

1937-D DDO RPM Liberty / Motto

1937-S RPM

1938 DDO DDR O: Eyelid / Liberty R: E Pluribus

1938-D DDO RPM Eyelid

1938-S RPM

1939 DDO Liberty

1939-D RPM

1939-S DDO RPM Eyelid

1930-1939

Bold Italics = Key Date Italics = Semi-Key Date Green = Popular Variety Bold = Rare

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1940 DDO Eyelid

1940-D DDO RPM Date / Motto

1940-S DDO RPM Liberty / Motto

1941 DDO All Devices

1941-D DDO RPM Motto

1941-S MMS-2 RPM

1941-S MMS-4 RPM

1942 DDO All Devices

1942-D DDO RPM Liberty / Date

1942-S DDO RPM Date / Motto

1943 DDO Eyelid / Date

1943-D DDO DDR RPM O: Date / Trust R: Motto

1943-D/D RPM

1943-S DDO RPM Date / Eyelid

1944 DDO DDR O: Liberty / Eyelid R: CENT

1944-D DDR RPM CENT

1944-D/S OMM

1944-S MMS-5 RPM

1944-S MMS-6 RPM

1945 DDO DDR O: Eyelid R: Of America

1945-D DDO RPM WE

1945-S MMS-4 RPM

1945-S MMS-6 RPM

1946 DDO DDR O: Date / Eyelid R: Motto

1946-D RPM

1946-S MMS-4 DDO DDR RPM OMM (S/D) O: Motto / Liberty R: Wheat Stalk

1946-S MMS-6 RPM

1946-S MMS-7 DDO RPM Date

1947 DDO Date / Motto / Liberty

1947-D RPM

1947-S MMS-4 RPM

1947-S MMS-7 DDO RPM Date

1948

1948-D RPM

1948-S DDO RPM Trust / Liberty

1949 DDO Eyelid

1949-D RPM

1949-S DDO RPM Date

1940-1949

MMS-4 = Trumpet Tail MMS-5 = Straight Serif MMS-6 = Ball Serif MMS-7 = Sans Serif Bold = Rare

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1950 DDO DDR O: Liberty R: CENT

1950-D DDO RPM Liberty / Date

1950-S DDO RPM Liberty

1951 DDO Motto / Liberty

1951-D DDO RPM OMM (D/S) Motto / Liberty

1951-S DDO RPM Liberty

1952 DDO Trust / Date

1952-D MMD-3 DDO RPM Eyelid / Trust

1952-D MMD-4 RPM

1952-D MMD-5 RPM

1952-S MMS-4 RPM

1952-S MMS-8 RPM

1953 DDO Date

1953-D MMD-3 DDO RPM Liberty

1953-D MMD-5 RPM

1953-D MMD-6 RPM

1953-S RPM

1954 DDO Eyelid

1954-D DDO RPM Date / Trust

1954-S DDO RPM Date / Liberty / Motto

1955 DDO DDR O: Motto / Date/ Eyelid R: Motto / Wheat ears

1955/55 DDO Date

1955-D RPM

1955-S RPM

1956 DDO Liberty

1956-D RPM

1957 DDO Liberty / Date

1957-D DDO RPM Liberty

1958 DDO Liberty

1958-D DDO RPM Date / Motto

1959 DDO DDR O: Liberty / 59 R: FG / Outer Devices

1959-D DDR RPM ONE CENT / FG

1950-1959

Lincoln Memorial Reverse

MMD-3 = Blunt Serifs MMD-4 = Pointed Serifs MMD-5 = Blunt Top Round Bottom Serifs

MMS-6 = Round Serifs MMS-4 = Trumpet Tail MMS-8 = Tall Bold = Rare Green = Popular Variety

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1960 ODV-22 DDO Date

1960 ODV-23 DDO DDR O: Large Date over Small R: FG / All Devices

1960-D ODV-22 DDO RPM Date / Liberty

1960-D ODV-23 DDO RPM Motto/ Date

1961 DDO Liberty / Date / Motto

1961-D DDR RPM United / CENT

1962 DDO DDR O: Motto R: United / CENT / FG

1962-D RPM

1963 DDO DDR O: Liberty R: Outside Devices

1963-D DDO DDR RPM O: Liberty / Date R: United / ONE CENT

1964 DDR All Reverse

1964-D DDR RPM Cent

1965

1966 DDO Motto

1967 DDO Liberty

1968 DDO In God We Trust

1968-D DDO DDR RPM O: Motto R: All upper devices

1969 DDO Date

1969-D RPM

1969-S DDO RPM Motto / Outer Devices

ODV-22 = Small Date ODV-23 = Large Date

Bold = Rare Green = Popular Variety

1960-1969

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1970 DDO Liberty

1970-D DDO RPM Date

1970-S ODV-25 DDO RPM Strong All Devices

1970-S ODV-26

1971 ODV-27 RDV-2

1971 ODV-27 RDV-8

1971 ODV-28 RDV-2 DDO Liberty / Date

1971 ODV-28 RDV-8 DDO Liberty / Date

1971-D ODV-27 RDV-2 RPM

1971-D ODV-27 RDV-8 RPM

1971-D ODV-28 RDV-2 RPM

1971-D ODV-28 RDV-8 RPM

1971-S ODV-27 RDV-2 RPM

1971-S ODV-27 RDV-8 RPM

1971-S ODV-28 RDV-2 DDO RPM Date / Liberty / Motto

1971-S ODV-28 RDV-8 DDO RPM Date / Liberty / Motto

1972 DDO DATE / Motto

1972-D DDO RPM Motto / All Devices

1972-S DDO DATE / Motto

1973 DDR America

1973-D RPM

1973-S

1974 ODV-30

1974 ODV-31

1974-D ODV-30 RPM

1974-D ODV-31 RPM

1974-S MMS-8 ODV-30

1974-S MMS-9 ODV-31

1975

1975-D RPM

1976

1976-D RPM

1977

1977-D RPM

1978

1978-D

1979

1979-D RPM

1970-1979

ODV-25 = Lg. Date ODV-26 = Sm. Date ODV-27 = Strong Throat ODV-28 = Re-engraved Tie ODV-30 = Thick Date

ODV-31 = Thin Date RDV-2 = Weak FG RDV-8 = Strong Rt. Steps MMS-8 = Tall MMS-9 = Blob

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1980 DDO Date / Liberty / Outer Devices

1980-D RPM

1981

1981-D RPM

1982 COP ODV-31 DDO Liberty / Motto

1982 COP ODV-32

1982 ZINC ODV-31

1982 ZINC ODV-32 DDR All Reverse Devices

1982-D COP ODV-31 RPM

1982-D ZINC ODV-31

1982-D ZINC ODV-32

1983 DDO DDR O: Date / Trust R: All Devices

1983-D RPM

1984 DDO Double Ear / Date

1984-D RPM

1985 DDO Date

1985-D RPM

1986 DDO Date / Motto

1986-D RPM

1987

1987-D RPM

1988 RDV-5

1988 RDV-6

1988-D RDV-5 RPM

1988-D RDV-6 RPM

1989 DDR America

1989-D RPM

1980-1989

Zinc

ODV-31 = Large Date ODV-32 = Small Date RDV-5 = Wide AM + FG Sans Serif RDV-6 = Wide AM + FG Serif

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1990

1990-D

1991

1991-D

1992 RDV-6 DDO Eyelid

1992 RDV-7

1992-D RDV-6

1992-D RDV-7

1993

1993-D

1994 DDR Columns

1994-D

1995 DDO Liberty

1995-D DDO In God We Trust

1996 DDO Date

1996-D

1997 DDO Ear

1997-D

1998 RDV-6

1998 RDV-7

1998-D

1999 RDV-6

1999 RDV-7

1999-D

1990-1999

RDV-6 = Wide AM + FG Serif RDV-7 = Close AM + FG Sans Serif

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2000 RDV-6

2000 RDV-7

2000-D

2001 DDO Liberty

2001-D

2002

2002-D DDR Motto

2003

2003-D DDR Motto

2004

2004-D DDR Motto

2005

2005-D

2006 DDO Earlobe / Liberty

2006-D

2007

2007-D

2008

2008-D

2009 Childhood DDO Logs

2009 Form Years DDO Hand

2009 Professional DDO Windows

2009 Presidency

2009-D Childhood DDO Logs

2009-D Form Years DDO Hand

2009-D Professional

2009-D Presidency

2000-2009

Lincoln Bicentennial Reverse

RDV-6 = Wide AM + FG Serif RDV-7 = Close AM + FG Sans Serif

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2010 DDO Liberty

2010-D

2011

2011-D

Union Shield Reverse

2010-2019